By Matthew Dooley, Forum editor
The loss of apple juice in Hawk’s nest freezers has left fruit shaped holes in the hearts of juice enthusiasts, or at the very least in mine.
Apple juice was a part of my childhood. In elementary school, I drank apple juice. In high school, I drank apple juice. Even in college, until recently, I drank apple juice.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not crazy about apple juice. However, while we had apple juice along with some other assortment of juices, I appreciated the choice.
It wasn’t like I had apple juice with breakfast, lunch, and dinner or replaced those meals solely with apple juice. I can survive without apple juice. I did not allow apple juice take over my life.
However that doesn’t mean I won’t miss it.
Going through my senior year, there were two constants I thought I could rely on, those being the stock of orange juice and apple juice in the Hawk’s Nest.
To my surprise on the first Monday after spring break, one of those two had been replaced with cranberry juice. It was shocking. I heard about the Coca-Cola shake-up, but didn’t expect the impact to be so huge.
I expected just to get the CocaCola equivalent to Pepsi’s version of apple juice, not to have it replaced entirely by a non-apple based product. It was startling to say the least. I took a second look hoping they had only moved the apple juice to a different spot. They did not. It was gone and all I had left was orange juice to quench my thirst during those breakfasts at the Hawk’s Nest.
Now, I still like orange juice and have even have partaken in some since the overhaul. However, breakfast is no longer the same for me.
At times, I even found myself opening up the freezer, expecting to find the apple juice, forgetting its dismissal.
The Coca-Cola overhaul to the beverage selection on campus, has led to a roller coaster of emotions.
Sure, the orange juice is still there and I like orange juice. However there is no denying that orange juice is more complicated than apple juice.
With orange juice people have to deal with pulp. Some people like pulp in their juice and some people do not. There are also varying degrees of pulp, one can get in their juices.
Apple juice inquirers do not need to deal with such complications.
Now, at the Hawk’s Nest, students don’t have to deal with choosing between the pulps with both types of orange juice offerings having the same amount.
However, I still like to think apple juice is less complicated.
I have no real opinion on cranberry juice.
I can’t remember the last time I had cranberry juice, so who knows I might like it. However, what I do know is that, for me, it won’t replace my apple juice.
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